Chords for The Rain Tumbles Down in July --- Slim Dusty.
Tempo:
99.1 bpm
Chords used:
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Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[D] [E] [C] Thank you very much everyone.
43, it was don't call us, we'll call you.
years, I tormented them and then in 1946 I got the chance to come
another audition and I was accepted this time on that fabulous old [A] Regal Xenophon [D] label.
[G] [A] [D] And back in those [A#] days every song had to contain a yodel.
ago now and I put it straight down without a yodel and the supreme commander,
in charge said you have to do it again.
[A] yodel since, it was so terrible.
43, it was don't call us, we'll call you.
years, I tormented them and then in 1946 I got the chance to come
another audition and I was accepted this time on that fabulous old [A] Regal Xenophon [D] label.
[G] [A] [D] And back in those [A#] days every song had to contain a yodel.
ago now and I put it straight down without a yodel and the supreme commander,
in charge said you have to do it again.
[A] yodel since, it was so terrible.
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[D] _ [E] _ [C] Thank you very much everyone.
[N] Back in those days, back in 43, it was don't call us, we'll call you.
So I did for five, about five years, I tormented them and then in 1946 I got the chance to come
back for another audition and I was accepted this time on that fabulous old [A] Regal Xenophon [D] label.
_ [G] _ [A] _ [D] _ And back in those [A#] days every song had to contain a yodel.
I put this particular song down a bit
over 45 years ago now and I put it straight down without a yodel and the supreme commander,
the man in charge said you have to do it again.
There's no yodel.
So I made one up on the spot.
I've never done that [A] yodel since, it was so terrible.
[D] _ _ After 45 years here it is once again.
The old rain tumbles down in July. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [A] _
[D] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [A] _ _ [D] _ [C#m] _ [D] _ _ [A] _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ [F#m] _ [G] _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ _ _ [C#] _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
Let me [G] wander [C] north to the homestead, [F] way out further [Em] on there [C] to roam.
By [F] a gully in flood [C] let me linger, when the summery [G] sunshine has flown.
Where [C] the logs [G] tangle up [C] on the creek beds _ [F] and clouds veil the old [C] northern sky. _
[F] And the cattle move [C] back from the lowlands when the rain [G] tumbles down [C] in July. _
_ _ That the settlers [G] with sad [C] hearts are watching, _ [F] that a rise of the scream [C] from the dawn.
_ [F] Their best crops are [C] always in flood reeds, if it rises much more [G] they'll be gone.
_ _ [C] The cattle [G] string out along [C] the fences _ and [F] the wind from the [Dm] south [C] races by.
And [F] the limbs from the [B] old guns [C] are fallen when the rain [G] tumbles down in [C] July.
And [B] _ [C] _ _ _
the [G] sleeping gums [C] on the hillside, _
[F] awake and do [Em] herd [C] strain by. _
[F] From the flats where the [B] fences [C] have vanished, _ as the storm clouds gather [G] on [F] high.
[Em] _
[C] The wheels [G] of the wagon stop [A] turning, [C] _
[F] the stock horses turned [C] out to stray. _
[F] The old station dogs [C] are a-dozing _ on the husks in the barn [G] through the day.
[C] The drover [G] draws rain [C] by the river, [F] and it's years since he's [C] seen it so high. _
[F] Yes and that's just a [C] story of homeward _ when the rain [G] tumbles down [C] in July. _
[D] Oh yeah, _ _ _ _ [A] _ _
[D] _ _ _ [Bm] _ [G] _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ when the rain tumbles [A] down in [D] July.
_ [G] _ _ _
[N] Back in those days, back in 43, it was don't call us, we'll call you.
So I did for five, about five years, I tormented them and then in 1946 I got the chance to come
back for another audition and I was accepted this time on that fabulous old [A] Regal Xenophon [D] label.
_ [G] _ [A] _ [D] _ And back in those [A#] days every song had to contain a yodel.
I put this particular song down a bit
over 45 years ago now and I put it straight down without a yodel and the supreme commander,
the man in charge said you have to do it again.
There's no yodel.
So I made one up on the spot.
I've never done that [A] yodel since, it was so terrible.
[D] _ _ After 45 years here it is once again.
The old rain tumbles down in July. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [A] _
[D] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [A] _ _ [D] _ [C#m] _ [D] _ _ [A] _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ [F#m] _ [G] _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ _ _ [C#] _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
Let me [G] wander [C] north to the homestead, [F] way out further [Em] on there [C] to roam.
By [F] a gully in flood [C] let me linger, when the summery [G] sunshine has flown.
Where [C] the logs [G] tangle up [C] on the creek beds _ [F] and clouds veil the old [C] northern sky. _
[F] And the cattle move [C] back from the lowlands when the rain [G] tumbles down [C] in July. _
_ _ That the settlers [G] with sad [C] hearts are watching, _ [F] that a rise of the scream [C] from the dawn.
_ [F] Their best crops are [C] always in flood reeds, if it rises much more [G] they'll be gone.
_ _ [C] The cattle [G] string out along [C] the fences _ and [F] the wind from the [Dm] south [C] races by.
And [F] the limbs from the [B] old guns [C] are fallen when the rain [G] tumbles down in [C] July.
And [B] _ [C] _ _ _
the [G] sleeping gums [C] on the hillside, _
[F] awake and do [Em] herd [C] strain by. _
[F] From the flats where the [B] fences [C] have vanished, _ as the storm clouds gather [G] on [F] high.
[Em] _
[C] The wheels [G] of the wagon stop [A] turning, [C] _
[F] the stock horses turned [C] out to stray. _
[F] The old station dogs [C] are a-dozing _ on the husks in the barn [G] through the day.
[C] The drover [G] draws rain [C] by the river, [F] and it's years since he's [C] seen it so high. _
[F] Yes and that's just a [C] story of homeward _ when the rain [G] tumbles down [C] in July. _
[D] Oh yeah, _ _ _ _ [A] _ _
[D] _ _ _ [Bm] _ [G] _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ when the rain tumbles [A] down in [D] July.
_ [G] _ _ _
